On Usui, Kyan’s specialty vegetable reaches peak harvest

On Usui, Kyan’s specialty vegetable reaches peak harvest

A farmer harvesting carrots on a cold day in Kyan, Itoman City, on February 17. (Photographed by Naoya Oshiro)


February 18. 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

February 18 falls on Usui, one of the 24 solar terms of the lunisolar calendar. It is known as the time of the year when warm weather begins to melt the snow away, and farmers prepare to work as plant life begins to bud. Nonetheless, cold air enveloped the Okinawa region on February 17.

 

In the fields of Kyan, Itoman City, carrots—the town’s specialty vegetable, reached peak harvest. Isao Fujita, 46, harvested the crop under the frigid air, bundled up in cold-weather gear. He said with a smile, “This season, the [carrots’] shape and size turned out nicely.”

 

(English translation by T&CT and Monica Shingaki)

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